[Federal Register: April 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 79)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule State Approved Program
Revision/Modification Approval: State of Louisiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval, under regulations for
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting, of the State of Louisiana's request
to revise/modify their EPA-authorized National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) State Program Requirements and General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution
programs to allow electronic reporting for those programs.
DATES: EPA's approval is effective April 27, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi Huffer, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1697, huffer.evi@epa.gov, or David Schwarz, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1704, schwarz.david@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal
Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as Part 3 of title 40 of the CFR.
CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory
alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure
that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper
counterparts. Under Subpart D of CROMERR, State, tribal or local
government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving,
electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to
EPA for a revision or modification of those programs and get EPA
approval. Subpart D also provides standards for such approvals based on
consideration of the electronic document receiving systems that the
State, tribal, or local government will use to implement the electronic
reporting. Additionally, in Sec. 3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR Part
3, Subpart D provides special procedures for program revisions and
modifications to allow electronic reporting, to be used at the option
of the State, tribal or local government in place of procedures
available under existing program-specific authorization regulations. An
application submitted under the Subpart D procedures must show that the
State, tribal or local government has sufficient legal authority to
implement the electronic reporting components of the programs covered
by the application and will use electronic document
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receiving systems that meet the applicable Subpart D requirements.
On December 17, 2008, the State of Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (LDEQ) submitted an application for their Net
Discharge Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving
system addressing revisions/modifications to their EPA-authorized 40
CFR Part 123--NPDES State Program Requirements and Part 403-General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution
approved programs.
EPA has reviewed LDEQ's request to revise their EPA-authorized
programs and, based on this review, EPA has determined that the
application for the programs and specific reports identified in this
Notice meet the standards for approval of authorized program revisions/
modifications set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance with
40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA's decision to approve LDEQ's
request for revision/modification to their authorized programs is being
published in the Federal Register. Specifically, EPA has approved
LDEQ's request for revision/modification to the following authorized
programs to allow electronic reporting for the specified reports: 40
CFR Part 123--NPDES State Program Requirements and Part 403--General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution
programs for electronic reporting of discharge monitoring report
information submitted under 40 CFR Parts 122 and 403.
LDEQ was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized programs and reports listed above in a
letter dated 04/16/2009.
Dated: April 16, 2009.
Lisa Schlosser,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. E9-9578 Filed 4-24-09; 8:45 am]
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